Like my little joke there? I know, hilarious.
Anyway – I’ve been talking quite a lot about Twitter recently and general social media.
I’ve said this before of course, but social media truly is great for both driving direct traffic to your website and for general search engine optimisation. Of course, different services meet different needs.
Take a look at some of the following social media related articles I’ve written recently.
- Introduction to Microblogging and Twitter – A general and gentle introduction to what Twitter and microblogging in general actually is.
- Tweets to appear in live Google – The big announcement that live, real-time Twitter results will be fed directly into Google and Bing for the latest trending topics.
- Social experiment splitting up Tweets by emotion – A very quick social experiment I set up which splits up updates from Twitter by their emotion or moods.
- Google Buzz as a Possible Competitor to Twitter – Will Google Buzz be a possible competitor to Twitter? There really was a huge buzz about the service initially, but now it has died down, there is very little chatter about Google’s microblogging service right now.
- How Microblogging and Social Media can help with Search Engine Optimisation – A general overview and insight into how the differing web-based social media services out there can truly help you drive traffic directly to your websites and to boost your search engine rankings.
Specifically, microblogging is fantastic for driving traffic to a website. The build up of following around a specific niche almost guarantees a visit from your followers, because they followed you, so they are very likely to be interested in what you have to say.
What have your experiences been using Twitter to drive traffic?
A complete success or slow progress so far? What problems have you faced when using Twitter or building up an online community following?
If you liked this post, you may be interested in these:
- Tweets – Tweets from Twitter soon to be in the SERPs of Google and Bing
- A Social Media Overview – How are you feeling?
- Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx’s Social Networking Features
- The Importance of Being Social for Website Promotion and Search Engine Optimisation
- Twitter – Micro-blogging and the recent boost to Twitter traffic